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Fulham pack their bags to visit Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 23 games played, Cottagers have recorded 5 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 10 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was more than three years back, in September 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Fulham | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Fulham | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 22 Aug | Fulham | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 03 Oct | Fulham | 0 - 3 | Sunderland | LGEC |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 19 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Fulham | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Black Cats have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Fulham is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Cottagers have hit 6 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 32 games have yielded only 11 points. Fulham find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 36 points from their 33 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Fulham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Fulham on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Sunderland. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 11 most recent games. |
| Fulham | Not won in previous 17 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |